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Perfect alignment of the intake to gather up what little cooler outside air it can
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I went with a PTP turbo blanket
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The exhaust housing uncovered was so nice, it was a shame to have to cover it up...but the ceramic coating alone wouldn't be enough to contain the heat from the turbine... One last look...
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With all the modification to the manifold, the original mounting point for the throttle cable was removed. So Doug fab'd a very sweet bracket to solve the problem...
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Mostly just finishing touches from this point... Bolted all the goodies in place and then test fitting the intake...
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Prior to my concoction, there was continuity from the battery to the radiator...and after, there was none. Hopefully that will help keep electrolysis at bay.
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I decided to try and defend the beautiful radiator against electrolysis as much as possible by trying to isolate the radiator from the frame, so I took a trip to Ace Hardware and experimented in the fittings and fasteners aisle. I started with a piece of rubber vacuum hose, added the components from Ace, and came up with this...
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Uh...yeah...what he said! Thanks ZHoob, I'll be honest...AC is one thing I've never really been much of an expert at. I understand the basics but that's about it. I bought the kit which came with everything needed, but with very basic parts that weren't designed for aesthetic appeal but, rather, to simply get the job done, ie cheap rubber hoses and fittings, flat black dryer, etc. I decided to upgrade a bit with some dressier components, like the hard lines, from Vintage Air.
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I'm in Miami.
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The rest was hard-lined...
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After taking measurements, I had the lines cut and pressed onto the fittings, and Doug finished them all off with a nice heat wrap job...
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Back to the drawing board...I got another set of factory lines and decided to weld some Schrader valves directly to them, along with male barbs for new lines to be crimped to...
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The end result was...ugly
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So I cut the lines and used the factory base to make a male base and then some vintage air parts to make functional charging ports...
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Back to the AC system... The factory compressor I had, came with lines that were cut from the car, and as such had no Schrader valves for charging the system...
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But #3 was so tight, Doug even had to modify the washer...
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Success on # 6
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We tried a regular nut, but that wouldn't work either...so Doug modified the nut...
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Unfortunately because of the tightness of the radius in #3 and #6, the ARP nuts wouldn't fit.
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After all the mocking up, time to actually do some installing. Starting with the exhaust manifold, which should be easy enough...right?
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After they were finished, I had the downpipe and dump tube jet hot coated
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Finally found a little time so I thought I continue on with the story Some mocking up of the wastegate and dump tube
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I'm really enjoying your build...love the details!
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A musician's therapist (The $300 Z)
boosted300 replied to Zetsaz's topic in S30 Series - 240z, 260z, 280z
Never...but then again, would you want it to?
